A) I realize that is has been a long while since I have posted.
B) I also realize that it is kind of cheap to re-enter the world of blogging by posting someone else’s words, but…
C) April is poetry month, and this is one of my favorite poems. Not very uplifting, although it is in a roundabout way, and as someone who is soon to be pushing 40, I realize it is my defeats, much more than my successes, that have allowed me to expand my thinking and my growing…
After Awhile
by Veronica Shoffstall
After awhile you learn the difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning
and company doesn’t mean security,
and you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts
and presents aren’t promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes open
with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,
and you learn to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight
and after awhile you learn.
That even sunshine burns if you get too much
so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers
and you learn that you really can endure…
that you really are strong, and you really do have worth
and you learn, and you learn, with every good-bye you learn.
